Members
There are three classes of membership: ordinary members, sustaining members and honorary members. The Society has 121 members at present. Download the full member list here. Any member of the Society can be granted honorary membership on the grounds of exceptional contributions to Nematology or to the Society over an extended period. The following people are honorary members of the NSSA:

• Dr K.P.N. Kleynhans (in memoriam)
• Dr E. van den Berg
• Prof D. De Waele
• Ms E. Cameron
• Dr J.A. Shepherd
• Prof A.J. Meyer
• Prof J. Heyns (in memoriam)
• Prof Don Loots

Download an application for membership form here and fax it to the number on the form if you wish to join the society.

Sustaining members
According to the Constitution of the NSSA, a sustaining member “shall be any person or body of persons contributing funds other than regular membership fees to the Society on a continuous basis”. The contributions of sustaining members are used to fund the George Martin Scholarship for training of Nematologists in the Southern African region and for purposes as indicated below. Current sustaining members are:

• Nemlab (sponsors the best paper presentation during the biennial NSSA symposia)
• Wirsam Scientific & Precision Equipment (Pty) Ltd (sponsors the best poster presentation during the biennial NSSA symposia
• Illovo Sugar
• Bayer CropScience
• Dow Agrosciences
• Duroi QMS & Pathological Services
• BayAgro Sentraal, Horticura
• Microbial Solutions
• Pannar (Pty) Ltd
• SASRI

Short course
The society also organises a short course at the University of North West, sponsored by the VLIR-project. The course is presented by several guest lecturers from different areas of expertise, and covers subjects like detection of nematodes, identification of nematodes and control strategies. The next Nematology Short Course will take place in 2009. Contact Dr. Driekie Fourie more information:

Dr Driekie Fourie
E-mail address: fouriehd@arc.agric.za
Postal address: ARC – GCI, Private Bag X1251, Potchefstroom, 2520
Fax: +27 18 294 7146
Tel: +27 18 299 6352

George Martin Memorial scholarship
The George Martin memorial scholarship is awarded annually. The award, to the value of R 4000.00 is open to persons from countries of Southern Africa, i.e. South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote Nematology in Southern Africa, preferably by assisting the successful candidate to attend a recognized course in Nematology. Applicants must be serious about pursuing a career in Nematology and about furthering the science of Nematology. The successful candidate will be expected to give a paper at the next NSSA symposium and/or report in the Society’s newsletter how the funds were used.

Constitution
Click here to download the constitution